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1 Antoni Porowski and the Right Time to Leave a Party 46:55
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"Queer Eye" and "No Taste Like Home" star Antoni Porowski joins Tinfoil Swans live at the Food & Wine Classic in Aspen for a heartfelt and humorous conversation about identity, vulnerability, and finding meaning through food. He opens up about his path from actor and caterer to TV host and storyteller, the emotional layers of cooking, navigating fame, and the gentle art of knowing when to leave the party. Along the way, he shares reflections on therapy, self-care, family dynamics — and what turning 40 taught him. Sponsor: Old Fitzgerald® Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Bardstown, KY. 50% Alc./Vol. Think Wisely. Drink Wisely. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices…
Jader Bignamini - May 16, 2025
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90.9 WRCJ's Haley Taylor speaks with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Music Director & Conductor Jader Bignamini. The Orchestra performs a 150th birthday celebration for Ravel which includes Le Tombeau de Couperin, Bolero and the Piano Concerto in G. Listen to them discuss the concert in this excerpt.
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90.9 WRCJ's Haley Taylor speaks with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Music Director & Conductor Jader Bignamini. The Orchestra performs a 150th birthday celebration for Ravel which includes Le Tombeau de Couperin, Bolero and the Piano Concerto in G. Listen to them discuss the concert in this excerpt.
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1 Musical Milestones with Christa Grix - Oscar Peterson 1:01
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2025 is the 100th anniversary of the birth of jazz pianist and composer Oscar Peterson. Hear a bit of his story and how he was influenced by classical music in this little feature from our very own Christa Grix. 2025 is also the 20 year anniversary of 90.9 WRCJ going on the air!
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1 Musical Milestones with Christa Grix - Jane Austen 0:59
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2025 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of English Author Jane Austen! Listen to this little feature by 90.9 WRCJ's Christa Grix for a bit of history.
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The Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Sosnick Courtyard Series opens this week through the 20th in midtown Detroit. 90.9 WRCJ's Peter Whorf speaks with DSO cellist and composer Jeremy Crosmer who headlines Wednesday's opener...
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1 Musical Milestones with Christa Grix - Palestrina 0:59
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90.9 WRCJ's Christa Grix tells us a little more about Italian composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, who many of the greats turned to for inspiration and guidance. 2025 would be his 500th birthday!
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Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival brings legendary works and new compositions to the metro area every June. 90.9 WRCJ's Peter Whorf speaks with Artistic Director and cellist Paul Watkins about concerts this week and next....
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90.9 WRCJ's Peter Whorf speaks with DSO music director Jader Bignamini about the orchestra's final concerts this season, including beloved concertos, hidden gems and thrilling tone poems...
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90.9 WRCJ's Haley Taylor speaks with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's Music Director & Conductor Jader Bignamini. The Orchestra performs a 150th birthday celebration for Ravel which includes Le Tombeau de Couperin, Bolero and the Piano Concerto in G. Listen to them discuss the concert in this excerpt.…
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In this excerpt from "Live with C#" Cecelia speaks with Conductor and Bassoonist Anthony Parnther who conducts Detroit Opera's production of "Central Park Five". He speaks a bit about how he got started in scoring, why he got involved with Detroit Opera's production and what he hopes the audience takes away from the production.…
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Dr. Dave speaks with Professor Jeffrey S. Sposato, Chair and Professor of the Department of Music at Wayne State University. He will be doing the Pre-Talk for Fort Street Chorale's Concert on May 4, 2025. The concert will feature Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass performed by the Chorale as well as the Nardin Park Church Choir and the Michigan Sinfonietta Orchestra under the baton of Ann Marie Koukios.…
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Cecelia Sharpe talks with Edward Quick, Director of the Ferndale Community Concert Band. The band celebrates their 10 year anniversary with a concert on March 30, 2025 at Orchestra Hall in Detroit.
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Cecelia Sharpe talks with pianist and composer Charlie Albright who is performing March 23, 2025 at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial presented by ProMusica Detroit.
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Linda Yohn speaks with jazz vocalist Catherine Russell who is releasing her new album "Send For Me" and performing at The Cube in Detroit March 22, 2025.
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90.9 WRCJ's Peter Whorf talks with Jader Bignamini and Wynton Marsalis about the new Detroit Symphony Orchestra release of "Blues Symphony".
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90.9 WRCJ's Christa Grix talks a little about Maurice Ravel as he celebrates his 150th birthday this year.
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Cecelia Sharpe talks with award-winning Detroit trumpeter, composer, and educator Kris Johnson who premieres his work Marlowe's Wings: Detroit's Champion of Change at the Detroit Symphony Orchestra's 2025 Classical Roots concert.
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In this excerpt from "Live with C#" Cecelia helps get you ready for Detroit Opera's "Rinaldo" with special guest, the dynamic, soprano Nicole Heaston. Mrs. Heaston brings the role of bad girl to life as Armida in Handel's opera.
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1 Louisa Proske and Roberto Kalb - February 22, 2025 20:00
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90.9 WRCJ's Haley Taylor talks with Louisa Proske, Director of Detroit Opera's production "Rinaldo" as well as Roberto Kalb the Opera's Music Director and Conductor.
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Randall Goosby returns to Detroit to play Florence Price with the DSO this weekend. It's a reunion with 90.9 WRCJ's Peter Whorf who heard Goosby play the Price Violin Concerto No. 2 in Amsterdam last spring.
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In this excerpt from the January 2025 episode of "Live with C#" Cecelia speaks with Kymm Clark who is both keeping the art of upholstery alive and giving back to the community.
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This weekend the DSO performs Gustav Mahler’s monumental Symphony No. 5. Joseph Haydn’s 100th Symphony opens the program. DSO concertmaster Robyn Bollinger joins 90.9 WRCJ’s Peter Whorf to talk about Mahler, Haydn and Beethoven.
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Dave Wagner talks with Christopher Ward, Director of the award winning Five Lakes Silver Band and their tribute to the students of Oxford High School in a special work written to honor those who lost their lives during that tragic day.
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Assistant Principle Flutist of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Sharon Sparrow has a new holiday album "Flutes Joyeux!" She stops by our studios before DSO practice to tell us a bit more about it.
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1 Le Boeuf/Akropolis Quintet - October 8, 2024 11:36
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Cecelia Sharpe speaks with members of the Akropolis Reed Quintet and composer/pianist Pascal Le Boeuf about their latest album "Are we Dreaming the Same Dream?" They will perform at the Carr Center in Detroit on October 11 2024.
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Yuval Sharon and the Detroit Opera are shaking up the opera scene in Detroit. As artistic Director since 2020, Sharon has brought viewers unique performances during the pandemic and beyond. The Opera’s upcoming season will continue to push the boundaries of how opera is presented. Contributor Cecelia Sharpe of 90.9 WRCJ talks with Sharon about the 2024-2025 season, his contract extension and more.…
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The Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra kicks off its 2024-25 season this Friday night at Hill Auditorium. WRCJ's Peter Whorf speaks with A2SO executive director Sarah Calderini about the first few programs of the season, including the opener - with keyboard showcases by Saint-Saens and Rachmaninoff...
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Sheku Kanneh-Mason makes his DSO debut this week. He joins Peter to talk about his remarkable musical family, and his thoughts on cooperation and competition...
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Cellist Paul Watkins is in his 10th year as Artistic Director of the Great Lakes Chamber Music Festival. He speaks with Peter about the wide-ranging series of concerts, beginning this weekend all around Metro Detroit...
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Brian Blade is the Artist in Residence for the 2024 Detroit Jazz Festival. John Penney put together this one hour special featuring his wisdom and his music with the Fellowship Band, Joni Mitchell, Black Dub, Wayne Shorter, Chick Corea, Kenny Garrett, and Ron Miles.
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The A2SO wraps up its 2023/24 season Saturday night at Hill Auditorium with Beethoven's 9th. Executive Director Sarah Calderini talks with Peter about next season - and LVB's mighty Choral Symphony...
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1 90.9 WRCJ Podcast - Leos Janacek & The Cunning Little Vixen 7:56
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Learn more about Leos Janacek and his opera "The Cunning Little Vixen" in this short feature put together by 90.9's Jenna Dell and Adam Hinton. Detroit Opera performs their production May 11-19, 2024.
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